Tina Turner

Released: October 28, 1999

[Verse 1]
This is the life you saved, laid out before you
Everything that I think I have been and what I am now
Nothing can change the way I feel about you, no
Better we go on our separate ways
Nothing is left but the endless days
Nothing to cry but your name

[Chorus 1]
Don't you look back, don't say a word
I will be lonely for you, I will be standing for you
Don't you despair, I will be there for you, I will be there

[Verse 2]
Maybe this time next year we'll be together
You can wipe away all of the tears, bring truth to the lies
There was a silent dream, we made a promise
We'd be there for each other forever
Aboard like a ship on an ocean's roar
Beating a path to your open door, nothing will keep me away

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]
Each night I pray to God above
You will be waiting for me, you will be lonely for me
Don't you despair, I will be there for you
I will be there, oh, I will be there

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]

[Outro]
Oh I, I will be there until the end, hmm
Oh yeah, I will be there, hmm, I will be there
Oh, I will be there, I will be there

Often dubbed the Queen of Rock & Roll, Tina Turner is arguably among the most iconic of female divas in history, with her prolific career and memorable personality as a performer and a public figure. Hailing from a small town in Tennessee, and born Anna Mae Bullock, Turner has cemented herself as one of music’s greatest entertainers.

Turner’s career in music arose from her frequenting of nightclubs near St. Louis, where she would meet her soon-to-be husband Ike Turner, who would also give her the alias “Tina”. With Ike, she would form the famous Ike And Tina Turner Revue. A dynamic, explosive R&B ensemble, the two became the definition of the genre in the late 60s and early 70s, where R&B/Soul had only tiptoed into the realms of the mainstream. A particularly influential act in popularizing the genre, the Revue went on to release some of music’s most memorable and iconic tracks – a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary”, the Phil Spector-penned “River Deep – Mountain High”, and the electric “Nutbush City Limits”. After a host of drug and abuse problems on Ike’s part, with the male Turner eventually engaging in a violent altercation with his wife, Tina decided to leave her husband for the solo life – and it worked.

As a solo artist, with the help of fellow artists like glam rocker David Bowie, Turner tumbled into mainstream success in the 80s with the only number-one hit of her career – the unconquerable love ballad “What’s Love Got To Do With It” as part of her debut solo album, Private Dancer.

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